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How to FTP Files From Email Using an iPad

Posted: 07 Jun 2010 08:43 AM PDT

When the iPad was announced in January, it was the very first time Apple created something that I immediately wanted. I’ve never been an Apple fanboy, I don’t work on Macs for either my primary workstations or laptop – I use them for testing and ensuring compatibility only. But the iPad was different. I immediately saw it’s purpose as consumption device and it’s promise as a productivity tool.

The naysayers that tagged the iPad as “the iFail” seemed to focus on how it fails as a laptop or netbook, and how it lacks the features expected of those devices. While there are definitely limitations to what you can do, and how easily certain tasks can be accomplished, I gave Apple the benefit of the doubt, based on their track record, and knowing that this is a first generation device. As Edgar Bronfman, Warner Music Group CEO noted “No one’s got rich betting against Steve Jobs.”

Having never purchased a Kindle or netbook, I was looking forward to the 3G iPad enabling me to essentially ditch my laptop while traveling, and be a complete solution for any media (reading, music, movies) consumption needs. Most of my colleagues derided the “working exclusively from the iPad” notion as wishful thinking, and told me to be sure to pack the laptop as well. After using the iPad for over a month now, I’m looking forward to proving them wrong this week, as I thoroughly road test it during SMX Advanced. I’ve spent the last few weeks assembling the various tools (apps) that I’ll need, setting up accounts, passwords, etc. and can honestly say, with the benefit of the cloud, there’s nothing that I’d need to take care of while on the road, that I can’t do on the iPad.

Most of the apps that I use or need, relate to development – managing sites, updating sites, and keeping the trains running on time. To that end, these are the tools I employ on the iPad:

The Tools

iSSH – shell app
SplashID – password manager
Markup – HTML editor
FTPOnTheGo – FTP client
Dropbox – file storage in the cloud
ReaddleDocs – document reader
GoodReader – document reader, with benefits

The lack of mulitasking (for now) on the iPad, means accomplishing some tasks can be a little tricky, or are at best, not intuitive. One such task involves taking an attachment from an email, and getting it onto a server to use in post, on a page, or otherwise link to. To accomplish this – you really just need one .99 app – GoodReader.

Step-by-Step: How To FTP Email Attachments on the iPad

Download the GoodReader app
Configure your email account(s) under “Connect to Servers” in the right pane
Configure your FTP account(s) under “Connect to Servers”
Connect to the email account with the attachment by selecting that account under “Connect to Servers”
Find attachment needed (GoodReader will automatically poll your account for any messages with attachments) and download it by selecting it/clicking on it from the email window
Close the email dialog box – the dowloaded file should now appear under “My Documents” in the left pane
Click “Manage Files” in the right pane
Select the attachment in the left pane, then in the right pane, click “copy”
Click “Connect to Servers” and select the FTP server
In the pop up window for the now-connected server, navigate to the folder you want to upload the file to
Click “Paste” (button in lower right corner of server window)
…and you’re done!

photo credit: anitakhart

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This post originally came from Michael Gray who is an SEO Consultant. Be sure not to miss the Thesis Wordpress Theme review.

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